Video Blogging

Chris Brogan has a short article with tips for video blogging on Entrepreneur’s website. As always, if you aren’t comfortable doing it yourself, we would be glad to help.

From Chris:

Go for Quality

Recording someone on a Flip camera from eight feet away doesn’t work. Get closer, and frame them from their chest to the top of their head. Keep the camera facing the speakers. Models like the Kodak Zi8 allow for an external lavaliere microphone. Use it.

You can find inexpensive LED lights that attach to most cameras at Amazon.com. Practice simple lighting. Don’t spotlight people like you want them to confess.

If you can, edit. I use really inexpensive software, or I make sure that my recordings are very brief. People don’t want to wade through garbage, so learn to cut stuff out.